{"product_id":"how-republics-die-frederik-juliaan-vervaet-9783111650272","title":"How Republics Die: Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e Authoritarianism is everywhere on the advance, democracy seems fragile and threatened. We console ourselves that where rule by the people has long established itself, it has never collapsed from internal causes. Except it did, once: in Rome. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This book gathers together Roman historians with political scientists and scholars of other periods of authoritarian takeover to explore how open and democratic political systems have historically fallen prey to autocrats. The Late Roman Republic is the main focus, with a mix of large-scale thematic and analytical chapters paired with more detailed case studies, from some of the leading scholars in the field. Other chapters widen the scope, analysing comparable cases from ancient Athens to Napoleon to Hitler's Germany and Franco's Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The book as a whole draws on contemporary political science scholarship on democratic decay and competitive authoritarianism. It shows that these concepts are not only applicable to modern states, but that we can properly use them to study past democratic collapses as well. This provides the tools for a more historically-informed understanding of how republics die, as part of a renewed conversation between historians and political scientists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederik Juliaan Vervaet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111650278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111650272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Frederik Juliaan Vervaet","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46739215974655,"sku":"9783111650272","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78e173ad-d7d1-4840-bb98-ea4a0f08abfd.jpg?v=1743277553","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-republics-die-frederik-juliaan-vervaet-9783111650272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}